These Days

I was walkin' around, just a face in the crowd

Tryna keep myself out of the rain

Saw a vagabond king wear a Styrofoam crown

Wondered if I might end up the same

There's a man out on the corner

He's singin' old songs about change

Everybody's got their cross to bear these days

She came lookin' for some shelter

With a suitcase full of dreams

To a motel room on the boulevard

I guess she's tryna be James Dean

She's seen all the disciples and all the wannabes

No one wants to be themselves these days

Still, there's nothin' to hold onto but these days

These days, the stars ain't out of reach

These days, there ain't a ladder on the streets

Oh, no, no, these days are fast, nothin' lasts

In this graceless age

There ain't nobody left but us these days

Jimmy Shoes, he busted both his legs

Tryna learn to fly

From a second-story window

He just jumped and closed his eyes

His mama said he was crazy

He said, "Mama, I've gotta try

Don't you know that all my heroes died?

And I guess I'd rather die than fade away"

Yeah

These days, the stars ain't out of reach, yeah

But these days, there ain't a ladder on the streets

Oh, no, no, these days are fast, nothin' lasts

It's a graceless age

Even innocence has caught the midnight train

There ain't nobody left but us these days

Whoa-oh

Whoa-oh

I know Rome's still burnin'

Whoa-oh

Though the times have changed

Whoa-oh

This world keeps turnin' 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round these days

These days, the stars ain't out of reach, yeah

But these days, there ain't a ladder on the streets

Oh, no, no, these days are fast, love don't last

It's a graceless age

Even innocence has caught the midnight train

These days, the stars ain't out of reach, yeah

But these days, there ain't a ladder on the streets

Oh, no, no, these days are fast, nothin' lasts

There ain't no time to waste

There ain't nobody left to take the blame

Oh, no, no, there ain't nobody left but us these days

Ain't nobody left but us these days